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NatalieAKamrava wrote:

I'm trying to be a minimalist but get all my essentials for my first baby. We just bought a new house so I don't want to go crazy with buying a million things but my mom is wanting me to register at every store. So far I am registered at Target for my bigger items and then Amazon for other items that have better deals. I am also thinking of just saying gift cards appreciated to stores like Wal-Mart or Baby's R Us. What are y'all doing? Now days registries have changed a lot so it's hard to say if I'm doing it right, doing it enough or whatever lol.

I'm registered at target and buy buy baby! I got advice from the older women in my life to OVER register. You need to give people plenty of options when it comes to prices and amount of gifts. When it comes to first babies people in your life will want to help and go a little crazy with stuff! When you receive the gifts take and inventory and return doubles or unnecessary items for store credit! Trust me, you will be returning things regardless because people will buy you some whacky stuff off registry anyway! Hope that helps!

I focused on Target for the major things but I also created a babylist registry so I could add specialty items (dockatot, owlet monitor) and sweet things from etsy, etc. I don't know how well that is going to work but I wanted to ensure I gave plenty of options is every price range! Babylist is awesome.

We're registering at Amazon and Babies R Us. Babies R Us gives you a 10% credit for every item bought off your registry and they price match other stores including Amazon, plus give you 6 months for returns which is awesome.

It was the only way my taste could be satisfied. I had all the bedding and decor custom made off of etsy. I did not want to be restricted to any one site. I also cannot stand nursery decor on babies r us, buy buy baby, etc.

I was able to choose anything from anywhere (website or not) and throw it on my registry.

We are building a house currently, and it wont be done until after the little one comes, so we are trying to keep items to a minimum as well. I registered at Babylist (basically lets you register for anything from any store all in one place) and they have a section to ask for gift cards, dinners,etc! I say go for it! People who know your situation will totally understand. You may still end up with lots of random stuff, just keep receipts and return what you don't need. I have found people go crazy buying stuff for babies.

So after reading all the above posts, I am planning to start mine on baby list. However, is it possible for me to see other people's registry anywhere? Reason for this is I would like to what majority are buying in terms of brand/model and required things. I am so overwhelmed right now as to what would I need with me being a minimalist.